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Office 365: A Vehicle for Internal Phishing Attack

August 30th, 2017  By Kelly Sheridan

 

 

A new threat uses internal accounts to spread phishing attacks, making fraudulent emails even harder to detect.

 

Cybercriminals go where the users are. Office 365, which has more than 100 million active monthly subscribers, has become a hotspot for compelling and personalized cyberattacks. Users trust emails from coworkers, especially those with the correct corporate email address.

 

Traditional phishing attempts have red flags: suspicious attachments, bold requests, misspelled words, questionable email addresses. Users know how to react to these. But what happens when attacks are more personalized, with legitimate addresses and reasonable requests?

 

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